Catalogue Raisonné

P76.022

Rug, 1976
Oil on canvas
80 x 110 in.
203.2 x 279.4 cm
Signed front lower left: Philip Guston
Provenance
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Edward R. Broida, 2005.142.19
Edward R. Broida
Exhibitions
David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, "Philip Guston: Paintings 1976", Part I: March 18-April 8, 1977, Part II; April 9 - April 30, 1977 
Hayward Gallery, London, England, "New Painting/New York", May 03, 1979 - June 17, 1979
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, "Philip Guston, Retrospective 1930 - 1979", May 15, 1980 - June 29, 1980  Travelled to:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Selections from the Collection of Edward R. Broida", August 24, 2006 - November 12, 2006
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "In the Tower: Philip Guston", February 01, 2009 - September 13, 2009 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, "Philip Guston Now", May 01, 2022 - September 11, 2022  Travelled to:
Bibliography
Philip Guston: Paintings 1976. Exh. cat. New York: David McKee Gallery, 1977, cat. no. 3, illus. in b&w, listed as "The Rug"
Smith, Roberta. "The New Gustons." Art in America, January–February 1978, pp. 100–5, illus. in color p. 103 as "The Rug" and mentioned in text p. 104 as "The Rug"
Lampert, Catherine. "New Work/New York." Artscribe, April 1979, illus. in b&w
Januszcak, Waldemar. "Art of the Empty Gesture." Guardian, May 4, 1979, p. 10, illus. in b&w
New Painting/New York. Exh. cat. London: Hayward Gallery, 1979, unnumbered in cat., illus. in b&w, listed as "The Rug"
Toucatt, Ralph. "Metamorphosis: The Art of Philip Guston." The Threepenny Review, Fall 1980, p. 24, mentioned in text, not illus.
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Lucie-Smith, Edward. Art in the Seventies. Oxford: Phaidon, 1980, illus. in b&w p. 72, listed as "The Rug" and incorrectly from 1979
Corbett, William. Philip Guston's Late Work: A Memoir. Boston: Zoland Books, 1994, mentioned in text pp. 57 and 58, not illus.
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Movements in Art Since 1945: Issues and Concepts. London: Thames & Hudson, 1995, illus. no. 184, illus. in b&w p. 208 and mentioned in text p. 209, listed as being from 1979
Selections from the Collection of Edward R. Broida. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2006, illus. in color on cover, unnumbered brochure
Elderfield, John, and Ann Temkin. Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2006, Interview with Edward Broida by Ann Temkin, illus. in color Fig. 1, p. 24
Bartel, Jordan. "Modern Thought, Art with an Introspective Bent." b (Baltimore), February 5, 2009, p. 16, illus. in color p. 16
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East Building Highlights. Brochure. National Gallery of Art, Spring/Summer 2009, illus. in color
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, mentioned in text, not illus.
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Fielder, Garland. "Review: 'Philip Guston Now' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston." Glasstire (Texas), December 6, 2022. Online, illus. in color as part of an installation photo
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D'Souza, Aruna. "Where's the Controversy in 'Philip Guston Now'?" New York Times, July 19, 2023. Online, illus. in color and mentioned in text
D'Souza, Aruna. "A Show Confronts Evil, Yet the Friction Lingers." New York Times, July 20, 2023, pp. C1, C6, illus. in color and mentioned in text p. C6
Depth of Field: The Alan & Dorothy Press Collection. New York: Christie's. Auction cat. 2023, mentioned in text p. 44, not illus.